GRANDDAUGHTER #4
I suppose she was around six years old when we began to notice her obsession with playing “school”. This girl would grab any passing adult, …
PINKERTON 1
TRADITION Should you happen to be driving through Derry, New Hampshire on 28 Bypass, you might notice what looks like a small well-groomed college campus. …
PINKERTON #2
WINDOW ON ROOM 70 It’s Period H at last. This huge high school campus pulses with adolescent energy as over 3000 teenagers trek from building …
COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME
(Part 2) “Almost Heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, blowing like …
PINKERTON #3
THE PORTABLES When I took the Special Ed job at Pinkerton, classroom space was at a premium. So Room 69 would be my home for …
PINKERTON TALE #4
NOTHING IS TAUGHT TILL SOMETHING IS LEARNT One day the counselor comes to me and says, “I’m giving you a ‘poor thing.” Derek is so …
PINKERTON TALE #5
CAUGHT CRYING Sue comes into my room every day, armed with a shield of protection against the world. No one is ever going to hurt …
PINKERTON TALE #6
“DISCARDS?” Many of our students in special education are thriving, coming from stable loving homes. But many others are not so lucky. We do what …
SWALLOW THAT FROG
When my sister got a part time job in the Biology lab in her first year of college, she brought home literal frog legs which …
SUMMER EVENING IN ORLEAN VA
A drive up and down through thick green foothills, twists and turns as the sun lowers. Orlean Market and Restaurant. Crabcakes. Reubens. Genuine hand cut …